Frustrated in Rockville -- why can't I get a decent deli sandwich?
Ok, maybe we're looking in the wrong places but as a New Yorker, I am used to a certain type of deli sandwich -- one with decent bread/roll, maybe Boar's Head Cold Cuts, not the crap I've gotten in these deli/beer/wine stores. Got a roast beef on a roll on Sunday and it did me nasty the rest of the night. The roll was awful, almost like a hot dog roll, and the meat was bleh, couldn't taste the swiss.
Can anyone direct me where to go to find a decent deli sandwich?
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The closest you will get to a high quality Italian sandwich is not in Rockville, but it's close by. Go to Cornucopia in Bethesda. It's worth the drive.
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re: dining with doc
I second the motion to try Wagshal's. It's actually in D.C. on Mass Ave, but fairly near the Monty County line. It's one of the very few places that you could actually refer to as a butcher shop. Also, don't know if this is good suggestion, but is there still a Balducci's in Maryland? I believe there's one near American University . As for an old fashioned deli for the dispaced New Yorker - even if Parkway is not exactly what you've been missing, I believe it will give you a substantial feeling of being "at home" more so than probably any other place in the D.C. area. Two things D.C. doesn't do very well or at least not prolifically are NY deli and NY pizza. I recommend you try around all the recommended places to find the closest you can, and then relax and embrace something that is a real treat if you care to drive East . . . . as soon as you reach Annapolis, you are entering the land of crab. Softshell crabs, crab dip, and crabcakes, crabcakes, crabcakes. You'll eventually get used to each.and.every.place. declaring themselves to have the "best crabcakes." The fun is in finding out who's lying and who's not - when you find the ones who aren't then you're in for a treat, especially if those crabcakes are eaten on a deck next to the water with boats swishing past and osprey swooping along. Not to mention tiki drinks. Hope you'll feel more at more this summer, mrsbuffer!
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Balducci's
600 Franklin St, Alexandria, VA 22314
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re: dcanon81
In my opinion, there is nothing anywhere near Rockville that can called a decent Jewish Deli except for the Brooklyns Deli. Sadly, they close at 3pm so you can't get a nice dinner there. This stinks!
http://www.brooklynsdeli.net/Then there's the Parkway Deli in Silver Spring. It is decent I guess. Here, you can actually eat for dinner. What a concept
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Parkway Deli & Restaurant
8317 Grubb Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910-
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re: Pappy
DanielK
Mar 31, 2010 08:19 AM
Goldberg's bagels is there, and the bagels and fish are fine if not spectacular. Kosher Mart is of course there, but NY-style deli isn't necessarily improved just because it's kosher; I've never been impressed much by KM, except for the astoundingly high prices.
When my craving for NY Deli crosses the must-have threshold, I go for Brooklyn's if it's not dinner, Parkway in Silver Spring when it is, or occasionally Woodside in Germantown if I'm up that way. Brooklyn's generally has the best fresh-baked rye (though I have heard inconsistent reports that they use packaged when low on supplies), but Parkway the best overall. My ideal would be pastrami from Deli City in DC on Brooklyn's bread...
All of them fall far, far short of any of the known places in NYC, as a recent trip to Katz's proved to me.
I haven't tried Wagshal's yet (3 blocks from the MD line in DC!), but have heard good things.
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2 you could try are Angelo's at the intersection of Norbeck and Georgia in Rockville and Santucci's in the Woodmoor Shopping Center in Silver Spring. Both are Italian delis. There is another Angelo's on New Hampshire Avenue near the intersection of Briggs Chaney which is owned and operated by a Korean couple, but which has decent sandwiches as well as excellent Bulgogi.
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I too live in Rockville and in the 15+ years of living here, I have found no decent deli. You can get Boars Head meats at Giant Grocery stores. If you're looking for anything remotely comparable to NY deli, you're going to have to get on I-95 and head north for approximately 225 miles.........
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re: ciaoda
or head 35 miles up 95 to Baltimore to Attman's which is very comparable to NYC delis:
http://www.attmansdeli.com/
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Well unfortunately your first mistake was getting food at a beer and wine store. Those stores only have food because the law states that a certain percentage of their sales must come from food. I wouldn't expect anything good from one of them.
Try Woodside Deli in Germantown or Royal Bagel Bakery & Deli in Germantown, MD as well. If you want a real deli sandwich go to a real deli. There are plenty of good New York Style Delis in the Rockville area run by some good Jewish families.
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Woodside Deli
13048 Middlebrook Rd, Germantown, MD 20874›7 Replies-
re: vtHokies98
The bread throughout the area that's used on sandwichs' is perfectly awful. If you want something really awful try and order a meatball hero on italian. It's like eating meatballs on a loaf of Wonder bread. Halfway through and the sauce has turned the bread into something that resembles a waterlogged sponge. On the plus side, Vaccaro's for one uses a tasty, firm and somewhat crusty bread for their sandwich.
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